Manifesting the Spirit: Believers as Sacraments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781666706284)

Fewer subjects have generated intense debate in Christian thought and practice than sacraments. A reductionist view of the term "sacrament" often causes this debate and engenders tension between the so-called "sacramental" and "non-sacramental" churches largely based on whether one views the Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper as ordinances or as sacraments (means of encountering God). Drawing from the theological view that Christ is the primordial sacrament of the encounter with God, this book posits that all believers are sacraments of an encounter with God. This claim has ecumenical import. Conversion, Baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Empowerment, Gifts, and Fruit of the Spirit, Worship, Testimonies of Triumphs or Sufferings, Eschatological Hope, etc., enable believers to manifest the Spirit. Pentecost inaugurated all believers as both macrocosmic and microcosmic sacrament(s). The notion of sacramentality of believers intersects with the theological triad of Orthodoxy, Orthopraxy, and Orthopathy.

Author: Mbanyane Mhango
ISBN-10: 1666706280
ISBN-13: 9781666706284
Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2021
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d